Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

A Wrap Up for the 2012 NFL Season

January 31, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

It’s Super Bowl week for the NFL and things in New Orleans are hopping. It’s the first Super Bowl in the Big Easy since Katrina and the city is really putting its best foot forward. It seems hard to believe that it was a year ago that Indianapolis was the … Read More

This and That on a Cold Winter Day

January 24, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

Luck in Hawaii Andrew Luck will play in the NFL Pro Bowl in Honolulu this coming Sunday. Tom Brady decided to pass on it so Luck as an alternate selection will take his place. The Pro Bowl has become a real ho-hum affair but it stays on the schedule because … Read More

1962: Sherry, Cuba, and Lucky 13

January 24, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

I went to see Jersey Boys the other night. It’s about the rock vocal group the Four Seasons. Great show, wonderfully presented, great choreography, and of course the songs were great (daughter’s Christmas present to me). This isn’t about the show, however. Watching the cast perform “Sherry,” it sort of … Read More

My 2012 Sports Awards

January 17, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

This week’s column is kind of a pause and reflect on the 2012 year in sports or at least my opinion on the 2012 year in sports. It’s the time that I give my annual, highly coveted, and very valuable Steve’s View Sports Awards. It’s always tough to pick these … Read More

Jim O’Donnell: A Most Uncommon Man — 1920-2013

January 17, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

My family and I moved to Irvington in August of 1978. Living across the street from us were Jimmy and Mary O’Donnell. As we were moving into our house they quickly introduced themselves and offered any assistance they could to help us orient ourselves to our new neighborhood. They were … Read More